Hi girls, just a quick one:

I just wanted to say to Tildy, you are so not being silly about your cat! We have had a very unfortunate year, not only did we lose our much loved little Cooper, our other son (who was 13 months at the time)was bitten by our family dog. It wasn't our dogs fault, he is petrified of storms, hot air balloons and cars backfiring, he has a safe haven in our front room where he went to hide if he was scared. The one morning he was scared of a balloon, my husband left him in the spare room when he went to work and I wasn't quick enough to realise after I had gotten our DS out of bed and he had found him in there. All I heard was the dogs reaction and our son screaming, he had 4 puncture wounds to his face, luckily for us it was only superficial scaring but he had to go under anasthetic to have it stitched up by a plastic surgeon. I will never fully forgive MYSELF for letting this happen, I know this is a long way off track but what I am trying to get around to is that, the day I went into labour with Cooper, was the day we found our dog a new home (as I couldn't have him near my children anymore). My husband and I were completely devasted, this didn't start my labour BUT it certainly didn't help. Many people said to me 'How could you still have feelings for that dog after what has happened?' But he was our baby for 8 years before we had Corey, and it really was our fault not his. I guess what I am trying to say is I know what it is like to lose a much loved pet in horrible circumstances. As I said to you before I hope your stay with us here on BB is supportive and loving, after what you have been through you need it!!

Jen - by the way, sadly I found a website today aswell that proudly displayed the 'You are 34 weeks pregnant', It hit pretty hard.

Hi to all, will check in later through the week, having visitors at the moment!

Helen